Boley Hill House near Rochester Castle for sale
11:07, 16 October 2019
updated: 14:05, 16 October 2019
One of the most expensive properties in Medway is for sale again more than four years after it last went on the market.
Boley Hill House, set in the shadow of Rochester Castle, was sold in July for more than £1.5 million.
But once again the deal has fallen through and the Grade-II listed building is available for a guide price of £1,550,000 to £1,650,000.
Proceeds are due to go to a charitable trust set up by previous owner, the late Hilary Halpern, a respected architect and stalwart of the Jewish community.
His family decided to sell the seven-bedroom mansion after Mr Halpern and his wife, Marie, died.
The building was the home where the couple brought up their three sons and two daughters after buying it 50 years beforehand.
It was decided that money from the sale will go to the self-funded Halpern Charitable Foundation.
The charity supports the arts and particularly those who are socially isolated, vulnerable or who have mental and physical issues.
It also helps to fund the upkeep of the Chatham Memorial Synagogue in the High Street.
Following his retirement in the early 1990s, Mr Halpern set up the charity and founded an arts centre in Rochester High Street where he could work and return to his passion of sculpture.
Nucleus Arts has recently bought the Conservancy Building next to the Guildhall Museum in Rochester High Street and opened it up as an arts hub with galleries, studios and a cafe.
The house, which includes an annexe and sits in ample gardens overlooking the River Medway, is on the books of Fine and Country estate agents, 01732 222272.
